Douglas R. Warrick

Associate Professor

 

3029 Cordley Hall

Corvallis, OR 97331

541 737 3703

warrickd@science.oregonstate.edu
 
 

 

 

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B.S. 1982 Life Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

M.S. 1992 Biology, University of Oregon

Ph.D. 1997 Biology, University of Montana

 

My research interests are in the functional/ecological morphology, aerodynamics, and evolution of vertebrate flight, from hummingbirds to seabirds.  I also participate in studies of seabird mortality from oil spills.  

 

I teach Vertebrate Physiology (Z430, Z431, Z432), Comparative Anatomy (Z422/522) and, some day soon, an Honors course in Zoology (Monster Biology*).

 

*a Syllabus and a Sampler

 

Publications:

 

Tobalske, B. W., Warrick, D. R., Jackson, B. E., and Dial, K. P.  (2011) Morphological and Behavioral Correlates of Flapping Flight Ch. Living Dinosaurs: The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds.  John Wiley & Sons, London.  Dyke, G.J. and Kaiser, G.W. (eds.)

 

Tobalske, B. W., Biewener, A. A., Warrick, D. R., Hedrick, T. L and Powers, D. R.  (2010)  Effects of flight speed upon muscle activity in hummingbirds.  J. Exp. Biol.  213, 2515-2523

                                   

Warrick, D. R., B. W. Tobalske, and D. R. Powers.  (2009)  Lift mechanisms in the hovering hummingbird.  Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. (B) 274, 3474-3752

 

Tobalske, B. W., Hearn, J. W. D., and Warrick, D. R.  (2009)  Aerodynamics of intermittent bounds in flying birds.  Experiments in Fluids 46, 963-973

 

Tobalske, B. W., Warrick, D. R., Clark, C. C., Powers, G., Hedrick, T. L., D. R., Hyder, and Biewener, A. A.   2008.  Three-dimensional kinematics of hummingbird flight.  J. Exp. Biol. 210, 2368-2382

 

Warrick, D. R., Tobalske, B. W., Powers, D. R., and Dickinson, M. H.  2007.  The Aerodynamics of Hummingbird Flight.  45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit AIAA 1007-41

 

Tobalske, B. W., Warrick, D. R., Christopher J. Clark, C. J., Powers, D. R., Hedrick, T. L., Hyder, G. A., Biewener, A. A. (2007).  Three-dimensional kinematics of hummingbird flight.  J. Exp. Biol. 210, 2368-2382.

 

Warrick, D. R., B. W. Tobalske and D. R. Powers.  (2005).  The Aerodynamics of the Hovering Hummingbird.  Nature 425, 1094-1097

 

Warrick, D. R., M. Bundle, and K. P. Dial. (2002). Avian Maneuverability and Stability:  Blurred Bodies, Clear Heads.  Integrative and Comparative Biology 42(1):141-148

 

Warrick, D. R., Dial, B. W. Tobalske, K. P., and A. A. Biewener.  (2001)  The power output of magpies:  Comparing kinematic and sonometric techniques.  Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 156 (1): 257-268.     

 

Warrick, D. R.  (1998)  The turning and linear maneuvering performance of birds: the cost of efficiency for coursing insectivores.  Can. J. Zoology. 76(6):1063 1079.

 

Warrick, D. R. and K. P. Dial.  (1998)  Kinematic, aerodynamic, and anatomical mechanisms in the slow, maneuvering flight of pigeons.  J. Exp. Biol. 201:655-672.

 

Warrick, D. R., K. P. Dial, and A. A. Biewener.  (1998)  Asymmetrical force production in the slow maneuvering flight of birds.  Auk  115(4):916-928.

 

Dial, K. P., A. A. Biewener, B. W. Tobalske, and D. R. Warrick. (1997).  Direct assessment of mechanical power output of a bird in flight.  Nature 390, 67-70.

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